Pakistan in general, and West Pakistan in particular, produces enough food for our requirements and a handsome surplus for export. Our agriculture may not be ideal, but it is sufficient to produce our food requirements. It is indisputable that in West Pakistan, and also in some parts of East Pakistan, we do not produce sufficient firewood even to cook our food. The result is that we often have to burn cowdung which should be used in our fields and not in our hearths. Also our living conditions in the villages are extremely insanitary. The village huts have not got enough doors and windows because there is no timber available within the means of the villagers with which they can construct comfortable houses and allow sufficient light and air to enter their rooms. This undoubtedly tells upon the health of our rural population who form the back-bone of the nation. We cannot, therefore, shut our eyes and allow things to drift and follow the path trod by our neighbors in the West in the adjoining Muslim countries.

Review of ADP Projects.

A meeting on Review of ADP Projects of PFI was held in Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar on 6th July, 2017. Worthy Additional Secretary, Forestry, Environment and Wildlife Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mr. Muhammad Masood Khan presided the meeting. In the remarks, he appreciated the research work carried out under these projects. Moreover, he emphasized the need of writing the research articles on the results of these projects.

Pakistan Forest Institute news in daily AAJ 19 June 2017.

Visit of Honourable Chief Secretary to PFI

Honourable Chief Secretary, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mr. Abid Saeed visited Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar on 23rd May, 2017. He was accompanied by Secretary, Forestry, Environment and Wildlife Mr. Nazar Hussain Shah. On his arrival he was welcomed by the Mr. Hakim Shah, Director General, Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar and the officiers of the Institute. He was brief about the PFI. He also visited PFI Museum, Auditorium, Central Forest Library and Forest Products Laboratories. He took keen interest in the activites of the Institute.